Stop the presses: former 'extremely rich' man now just 'very rich'

A desperately sad story in today's Pravda Guardian. Apparently, one of the victims hardest hit by the economic instability is one of those 'camera shy yet flamboyant' property tycoons who goes by the name of Robert Tchenguiz. The poor chap has lost £560m in recent months as a result of investing his money in property and pubs, neither of which have been hot bets of late. Yes, pity the Tchenguiz brothers. And although I was THRILLED to learn that his yacht is 'safe', I must say I worry whether he'll be able to 'date' the likes of Caprice Bourret (28) again.

When you hear about the sort of problems a man like this can suffer, it really puts your own silly mortgage repayments in perspective.

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